REAL LIFE MADE EASIER In todays lifestyle guruobsessed world, where we all turn to magazines and TV personalities to teach us how to organize our lives, cook, look, and live better, its refreshing to hear clever, who-wouldve-thunk-it suggestions from regular women. In Top Tips for Girls, todays primer for women in the know, Kate Reardon has collected just thatliterally hundreds of tips on all areas of our lives, be it raising kids, staying fit, dressing well, planning a wedding, gardening, dating, dieting, traveling, or working. Far from garden variety, the tips youll find here are surprisingthe sort that women used to get word-of-mouth from their own moms, grandmothers, aunts, and best friends. Some of the many helpful, and even hilarious, tips youll read here include:To avoid blisters from new shoes, coat your feet with Vaseline.Invest in a certain number of nice hangers. When you start having to use the metal ones from the dry cleaner, its time to clean out your closet. Impress guests with homemade-tasting mayonnaise by adding fresh lemon juice and capers or thyme to ordinary mayo. Perk up wilted ferns by spraying them once a month with weak tea.To find your car in an unfamiliar area, use the camera on your cell phone to take a picture of the nearest street sign.Tone up your butt by squeezing it in quick reps of fifty while watching TV.To safely dispose of receipts and bank statements without buying a shredder, simply keep a container of water to pop them in and let them dissolve.And many more!From the Trade Paperback edition.